Malawi - Mortality rate

Mortality rate, female child (per 1,000 female children age one)

Definition: Child mortality rate is the probability of dying between the exact ages of one and five, if subject to current age-specific mortality rates. The probability is expressed as a rate per 1,000.

Source: Demographic and Health Surveys by Macro International, Multiple Indicators Cluster Surveys by UNICEF, Reproductive Health Surveys by U.S. Center for Disease Control, and Family Health Surveys by Pan Arab Project for Family Health. See footnotes for a source.

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Year Value
1992 114.40
2000 102.00
2004 67.20
2006 54.00

Mortality rate, male child (per 1,000 male children age one)

Definition: Child mortality rate is the probability of dying between the exact ages of one and five, if subject to current age-specific mortality rates. The probability is expressed as a rate per 1,000.

Source: Demographic and Health Surveys by Macro International, Multiple Indicators Cluster Surveys by UNICEF, Reproductive Health Surveys by U.S. Center for Disease Control, and Family Health Surveys by Pan Arab Project for Family Health. See footnotes for a source.

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Year Value
1992 125.90
2000 101.40
2004 76.00
2006 52.00

Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) in Malawi was 92.10 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 364.40 in 1960 and a minimum value of 92.10 in 2010.

Definition: Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to current age-specific mortality rates.

Source: Level & Trends in Child Mortality. Report 2011. Estimates Developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA, UNPD).

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Year Value
1960 364.40
1961 361.40
1962 358.30
1963 355.20
1964 352.20
1965 349.40
1966 346.40
1967 342.80
1968 338.90
1969 334.10
1970 329.30
1971 323.20
1972 316.20
1973 309.10
1974 301.50
1975 293.60
1976 285.10
1977 276.90
1978 269.20
1979 261.60
1980 254.40
1981 248.20
1982 243.70
1983 240.60
1984 238.40
1985 236.40
1986 234.80
1987 232.20
1988 230.00
1989 226.00
1990 222.10
1991 218.10
1992 214.70
1993 212.50
1994 209.30
1995 205.10
1996 199.40
1997 191.10
1998 182.60
1999 174.50
2000 166.50
2001 158.70
2002 150.90
2003 143.40
2004 135.70
2005 128.10
2006 120.40
2007 112.40
2008 104.70
2009 98.10
2010 92.10

Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in Malawi was 27.00 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 44.00 in 1990 and a minimum value of 27.00 in 2010.

Definition: Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

Source: Level & Trends in Child Mortality. Report 2011. Estimates Developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA, UNPD).

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Year Value
1990 44.00
1991 43.00
1992 43.00
1993 43.00
1994 43.00
1995 42.00
1996 42.00
1997 41.00
1998 40.00
1999 39.00
2000 38.00
2001 37.00
2002 36.00
2003 35.00
2004 34.00
2005 33.00
2006 31.00
2007 30.00
2008 29.00
2009 28.00
2010 27.00

Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)

The value for Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) in Malawi was 410.91 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 511.04 in 2002 and a minimum value of 410.91 in 2010.

Definition: Adult mortality rate is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old dying before reaching age 60, if subject to current age-specific mortality rates between those ages.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects. New York, United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (advanced Excel tables). Available at http://esa.un.org/wpp/unpp/panel_population.htm, (2) University of California, Berkeley, and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. Human Mortality Database. [ www.mortality.org or www.humanmortality.de].

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Year Value
1997 453.01
1998 464.61
1999 476.22
2000 487.83
2001 499.43
2002 511.04
2003 497.79
2004 484.54
2005 471.29
2006 458.03
2007 444.78
2008 433.49
2009 422.20
2010 410.91

Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)

The value for Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) in Malawi was 408.80 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 530.50 in 2002 and a minimum value of 408.80 in 2010.

Definition: Adult mortality rate is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old dying before reaching age 60, if subject to current age-specific mortality rates between those ages.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects. New York, United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (advanced Excel tables). Available at http://esa.un.org/wpp/unpp/panel_population.htm, (2) University of California, Berkeley, and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. Human Mortality Database. [ www.mortality.org or www.humanmortality.de].

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Year Value
1997 500.25
1998 506.30
1999 512.35
2000 518.40
2001 524.45
2002 530.50
2003 513.62
2004 496.74
2005 479.86
2006 462.99
2007 446.11
2008 433.67
2009 421.24
2010 408.80

Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)

The value for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in Malawi was 58.10 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 219.30 in 1960 and a minimum value of 58.10 in 2010.

Definition: Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

Source: Level & Trends in Child Mortality. Report 2011. Estimates Developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA, UNPD).

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Year Value
1960 219.30
1961 217.30
1962 215.30
1963 213.30
1964 211.40
1965 209.60
1966 207.60
1967 205.40
1968 202.90
1969 199.80
1970 196.80
1971 192.90
1972 188.50
1973 184.10
1974 179.40
1975 174.40
1976 169.20
1977 164.30
1978 159.50
1979 154.90
1980 150.60
1981 146.90
1982 144.20
1983 142.30
1984 141.00
1985 139.80
1986 138.90
1987 137.30
1988 135.80
1989 133.20
1990 130.90
1991 128.50
1992 126.50
1993 125.00
1994 123.10
1995 120.50
1996 117.20
1997 112.50
1998 107.80
1999 103.20
2000 98.70
2001 94.40
2002 90.10
2003 85.90
2004 81.60
2005 77.40
2006 73.20
2007 68.90
2008 64.60
2009 61.40
2010 58.10

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality